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A note to our, like, three readers who will write us an angry letter about this: Jeffrey C. Billman is on vacation, so there is no Informed Dissent column this week. Anyway... we received a number of comments in response to Lee DeVito’s cover story, “Amazon stopped workers in Alabama from forming a union. Congressman Andy Levin says a new fight has only just begun.
Typical union dues equal a couple of hours pay per month. If one works 40 hours a week for a month that comes out to 1.25%. Also understand that a non-union employee makes about 82 cents for every dollar a union one makes.
That’s an 18% advantage for a 1.25% cost. That’s not even considering better benefits and working conditions. I can say personally my union dues are the best monetary investment I’ve ever made and are the foundation for our family’s quality of life. I gladly and proudly pay them. For they pay for themselves multiple times over. Whoever tells you otherwise is lying to you. —Jason Krzysiak, Facebook
A lot of folks that demonize or don’t understand what a union is. At it’s most basic, I would describe it as you having a contract with your employer. —Greg Montlouis, Facebook
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Whitmer says COVID-19 restrictions will end when 70% of Michiganders get vaccinated
By Lee DeVito
While Michigan still has the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the nation, Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the end of the pandemic is in sight.
On Thursday, Whitmer said that the state would lift most pandemic restrictions when 70% of Michigan residents get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Whitmer says the restrictions will gradually be lifted as part of her “MI Vacc to Normal Challenge.”
The phases are:
• Step 1 — 55% of Michiganders (4,453,304 residents), plus two weeks: Allows in-person work for all sectors of business.
• Step 2 — 60% of Michiganders (4,858,150 residents), plus two weeks: Increases indoor capacity at sports stadiums to 25%, increases indoor capacity at conference centers/banquet halls/funeral homes to 25%, increases capacity at exercise facilities and gyms to 50%, lifts the curfew on restaurants and bars.
• Step 3 — 65% of Michiganders (5,262,996 residents), plus two weeks: Lifts all indoor capacity limits, requiring only social distancing between parties, further relaxes limits on residential social gatherings.
• Step 4 — 70% of Michiganders (5,667,842 residents), plus two weeks: Lifts the Gatherings and Face Masks
Order such that MDHHS will no longer employ broad mitigation measures unless unanticipated circumstances arise, such as the spread of vaccine-resistant variants.
So far, just 33% percent of eligible Michiganders age 16 and older have been fully vaccinated, and 42% have received at least one dose, according to the New York Times tracker.
Put another way, at least 5.67 million Michigan residents need to get vaccinated to meet the 70% goal, and so far 4 million have gotten at least their first shots.
Whitmer said Michigan is on track to
Whitmer did not say when she thought Michigan might hit the 70% goal.
“While I can’t predict with certainty when we’ll hit 70%, if we all do our part, I know we can get there together,” she said. But the plan could be paused if vaccine-resistant variants of the virus emerge, she warned.
To encourage people to get vaccinated, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Protect Michigan Commission are launching new television spots this week featuring stories from Michiganders about why they chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The spots were filmed outside the FEMA vaccination center at Detroit’s Ford Field.
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist encouraged people who have been vaccinated to talk to people in their lives about why they should get vaccinated, too.
“We can end this virus on our terms by following the protocols we are putting forward, encouraging everyone in your life to do the same, and ensuring that everyone eligible to receive a vaccine gets one,” he said. “What we have been observing across our state is that the thing that moves a person to choose to get vaccinated is hearing from someone they know about why it is so important, why they chose to get vaccinated. That means that every person who has not yet chosen to get vaccinated is one conversation away from making that choice.”
Whitmer said people can find out how to get vaccinated at vaccinefinder. org.
hit Step 1 by the end of May. Whitmer also took credit for her decision to call on Michiganders to voluntarily avoid behavior such as dining indoors at restaurants instead of ordering additional restrictions to bring COVID-19 numbers down, as critics have called for.
Since then, the number of daily cases has dropped from 649.9 cases per million to 439.3 cases per million, the percent of positive tests has declined from 18.3% to 13.2%, and the number of hospitalizations has fallen from 3,780 to 3,520.
“I want to thank all the people that stepped up and did their part by taking this seriously,” she said. “Thanks to you, our numbers are starting to come down again. Two weeks later, our seven-day case average, hospitalizations, and ICU numbers are all coming down. While the daily case count, test positivity, and hospitalization numbers are not where we want them to be, we’re heading in the right direction.”
33% Percentage Michigan residents age 16 and older have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19
43% have received at least one dose
70%
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer got her second COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, April 29.
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NEWS & VIEWS
More on Gordon
Former Michigan health director says Whitmer asked him to resign after they disagreed on reopening restaurants
By Lee DeVito
Michigan’s former director of the Department of Health and Humans Services told the Legislature Thursday that Governor Gretchen Whitmer asked for his resignation after they disagreed over reopening restaurants.
Gordon was subpoenaed last week to testify before the House Oversight Committee because Republicans wanted to find o t ore a o t is $155,000 separation agreement with t e state w ic inc ded a confidentiality clause.
“As you know, the morning that I resigned, we had announced a new order t at reo ened e ecti e e . 1, certain indoor settings. It’s been re orted t at t ere was a di erence o opinion in the days leading up to that order. ro y ers ecti e it was a reasona e di erence ordon said.
I t ink t is is a di erence o o inion that was in a gray area, where I don’t think there was a clear-eyed answer e says. at s w y I ade one recommendation, we reached another conclusion. I was quite comfortable signing t e order.
Gordon said he was asked to meet with the governor virtually on Jan. 22, when Whitmer told him “it was time to go in a new direction. ter itmer left the meeting, a member of her team asked Gordon if he wanted to
resign.
Before his resignation, Michigan’s restaurant lobby was suing Gordon for previous DHHS orders that closed restaurants, and protesters had appeared outside Gordon’s home.
In a video posted to social media in December, a group of more than a dozen people chanted “Open up now t ers were seen in t e ideo claiming that COVID-19 is a hoax and expressing anti-vaccination sentiments.
At the time, Gordon denounced the protesters in a statement.
“This is America, and I believe strongly in Americans’ right to protest. Last night was something di erent. eo e ca e to y o e in the dark of night, screaming through bullhorns, scaring my children, and trying to intimidate me. That is wrong, and, in case anyone is wondering it s a waste o ti e e said.
“We are going to keep following the proven, science-based steps to save lives and get Michigan through this pandemic. I know it’s challenging for everyone, especially for small-business owners, but it is what is necessary for us to get to the other side with as many of our loved ones as we can e added.
Cases of COVID-19 steadily climbed after Michigan allowed restaurants
Want $50? Convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccine and the city of Detroit will pay up
Things you can buy with $50: 50 iter ott es o aygo e ce t or Cotton Candy, which is apparently $48 for one), 19.2 coney dogs, 16 family-size bags of Better Made chips, or this Shinola pen as in, like, one single ink pen.
Regardless of how you might spend a cool $50, the city of Detroit is using some grant money to increase vaccination rates and incentivize the process. Starting Monday, May 3, if you convince a fellow Detroiter to get vaccinated or escort someone to a vaccination site, the city will award you with a $50 pre-paid gift card through the city’s expanded Good Neighbor program.
er t e city s we site t ere does not appear to be any limit as to how many people you can persuade to sc ed e t eir first s ot w ic eans you could be looking at a whole lot o cas o a. owe er i yo anage to make more than $600 from the rogra yo a e to fi e a and keep your eyes peeled for tax documents from the city.)
to reo en in e r ary and y ri Michigan had the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the nation.
Earlier this month, Whitmer asked Michigan residents to voluntarily avoid dining indoors at restaurants, and Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun, chief medical executive at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said dining indoors at restaurants was not safe.
“Anytime you’re going to be around someone outside of your household, large gatherings are riskier particularly if it is indoors and people are not distanced a art a ro riate y s e said. “Sitting in an indoor space, like a restaurant where there’s less ventilation and people are talking with their ask o is si y not a sa e t ing to do rig t now.
Lawmakers questioned the constitutionality of Gordon’s separation agreement, though the Legislature has also paid out more than $690,000 through more than 30 deals in the last decade.
Gordon said he stands by his advice, as well as the time he served in DHHS.
en I re ect and w en I t ink back on my service, I am very proud of my service. I have no regrets about serving Gov. Whitmer. I have no regrets a o t t e ad ice I ga e.
“Nobody wants to listen to Dr. a ci or e or o ernor it er tell them one more time to take the accine ayor ike ggan said o the program. “But they will listen to t eir neig ors.
Only 30.7% of city residents have been vaccinated so far, which is significant y e ind t e state s accination rates, by about 20%. Last week, Gov. Whitmer unveiled her vaccination goals for the state, which aims to vaccinate at least 70% of Michigan residents so that the state can lift capacity employment limitations.
To take part in Detroit’s Good Neighbor program, you must register as a good neig or and ake first dose appointments for your friend/ family/neighbor. The city says you wi not see any oney nti t e first dose is scheduled.
The friends and neighbors you are transporting must be Detroiters and, though there is no limit as to how many people you bring, only three residents per car per trip will be allowed.
Currently, residents schedule apoint ents at t e enter ortwest cti ities enter ord ie d and select community churches.
To learn more about the Good Neighbor program, eligibility requirements, and where to schedule appointments, visit Detroitmi.gov.
—Jerilyn Jordan
Former MDHHS director Robert Gordon, left. STATE OF MICHIGAN
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Thou shalt not kill
Michigan police seminar featuring ‘killology’ instructor canceled after outcry
By Steve Neavling
A police training seminar featuring a controversial instructor w o teac es o cers to ki ci i ians was cance ed ast week o owing o tcry ro oca acti ists w o worry t e e ent wi ead to ore trigger a y co s.
e se inar is ta g t y a e ross an a year o d or er r y ranger w o trains o ice in ki o ogy is testosterone aced syc o ogy o ki ing w ic e ca s rig teo s io ence.
ter earing t e concerns raised we a e cance ed t e se inar o ert Stevenson, executive director of Michigan ssociation o ie s o o ice w ic organized the event, tells Metro Times.
ak ointe rc in o i w ere t e se inar was to e e d a so acked o t ast onday a ter recei ing n ero s calls about Grossman, who urges police to ta into t eir inner redator and ki wit o t g i t or esitation.
In a ideo t at recent y went ira Grossman tells a class that police “have t e est se a ter s ooting a ci i ian. ot artners are ery in ested in so e ery intense se e says. ere s not a w o e ot o erks t at co e wit t is o . o find one re a and en oy it. e c ass c ck es.
r ission o aking disci es to know es s and ake i known is not in ine wit one o t e s eakers in estion t e c rc said in a state ent. en t o g t is was not a church event, we are responsible for what
we host in our building and therefore endorse.
The church added, “The main source of our concern is the teaching of a id ross an director o t e i oogy esearc ro . e as eco e a contro ersia fig re d e to is teac ing aro nd t e to ic o ki ing. In one o is on ine se inars e states ny nat ra or earned resistance to ki ing any sense o t e sanctity o an i e any an e otions any re orse or co assion at the moment of truth can all be overcome and o erw e ed wit training nit ro n o at . eca se o t is state ent and ot er e e ents o t.
o . ross an s teac ings we cannot we co e i as a s eaker at ak ointe rc .
te enson says t e se inar was designed to e o cers co e a ter s ooting a ci i ian.
e training t at o . ross an was scheduled to provide was how to help o cers dea wit and t e syc o ogica and ysica as ect o w at a ens i t ey re e er in o ed in a ata force incident and to help them heal and reco er ro said sit ation te enson says. is is es ecia y re e ant in ig t o t e ear orn o cer t at co itted s icide ate ast year a ter eing in o ed in a ata orce incident.
In is ook On Combat, Grossman describes police as sheepdogs, “a warrior, so eone w o is wa king t e ero s at .
5-11, 2021 | metrotimes.com
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ee dog as eco e a o ar reference for police, who see themselves as rotectors warding o e i in a dark wor d.
e y owns i o ice ie o ert e ide re erenced ross an s eta or on his now-deleted Twitter account s ee dawg . e ide was ca g t sing t e acco nt ast year to ad ocate o ice r ta ity.
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Accountability group calls on Lucido to resign, urges victims to come forward
gro o wo en in aco o nty is ca ing or aco o nty rosec tor ete cido to resign saying e as deonstrated a pattern of sexual harassment and s rro nds i se wit a sers.
e aco o nty cco nta i ity ro ect is a so enco raging wo en to co e orward i t ey e een se a y arassed or assa ted y cido. e gro w ic s eaks o t against a si e o iticians and co nity eaders established an online form for alleged icti s to s are t eir stories.
“These stories are essential to giving oice to t ose w o a en t een eard i y e its a e er o t e ro ect and a i e ong aco o nty resident said at a news con erence ri .
In t e ast two years o r wo en a e ic y a eged t at cido se a y arassed or ina ro riate y to c ed t e . e atest a egation ca e in arc w en Ing a o nty dge isa
c or ick to d Michigan Advance that Lucido gave her an inappropriate “big ear g a tig t g t at ade er ee nco orta e in .
Three of the sexual harassment claims were made when Lucido was a state senator. e ican eaders res onded ast year y re o ing i as c air an o a key co ittee and ordering i to artici ate in work ace training. en. cido s cond ct de onstrates an unfortunate pattern of behavior that requires little to no interpretation to be nderstood as ina ro riate work ace e a ior t e re ort stated in arc
. e is a dark c o d o corr tion and shame and is a threat to Macomb o nty and aco o nty a i ies ro ect e er ar i inn said.
Lucido also has surrounded himself with abusers, the project members alege.
en e was r nning or co nty rosec tor ast year one o cido s argest ndraisers was e d y cri ina de ense attorney ico e ank ecker who specializes in defending people acc sed o se cri es and c i d a se. ecker e ed raise or cido and donated erse according to ca aign finance records. ne o ecker s c ients is artist . e y w o has been accused of numerous cases of se a a se.
n er we site ecker oasts t at s e s one o t e ost assionate se o ender awyers and is co orta e trained to estion i dren.
not er donor to cido s ca aign is ay in rewery w o was con icted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and re eased ro ai ear y d e to t e I ande ic. rewery s donation to cido was t e on y one e s made in his life, according to project e ers.
t t e center o cido s in estigation into o . retc en it er sI n rsing o e o icies is nt ony Messina, a convicted pedophile who se a y assa ted yo ng oys etween and . e ser ed eig t years in rison. essina re orted t at is sister died a ter getting in ected witI in a n rsing o e in ri . ationa ega e erts a e ca ed on t e ic igan ttorney rie ance o ission to in estigate cido s investigation, alleging he “has a personal, o itica a to grind regarding o . it er.
e as een a owed to a oid acco nta i ity or too ong ristina odoisi a ro ect e er said. e as lost the trust of the people of Macomb o nty and e st resign.
Metro Times co dn t reac cido or co ent.
—Steve Neavling
In a viral video, Dave Grossman tells a class that police “have the best sex” after a shooting.
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Building a better birth control
Pandia is bringing home-delivered birth control medication to Michigan
By Konstantina Buhalis
The pandemic has caused many businesses to innovate, ushering in a new era of home delivery options.
That now includes birth control medication.
Pandia Health was started by Dr. Sophia Yen, Perla Ni, and Elliot Blat, with the mission of providing people with uteruses simple birth-control delivery and consultation options, all from the comfort of their own home. The service is now available in Michigan.
The mission of Pandia Health is simple: make birth control accessible and reduce what’s known as “pill anxiety” the anxiety that comes with renewing a prescription or talk-
ing to the doctor about renewal.
“Pandia Health came up with the idea about seven years ago when I was giving a talk to a bunch of doctors.,” says Dr. Yen, a clinical associate professor at Stanford. “I teach other doctors how to prescribe birth control, and I have a passion for preventing unplanned pregnancy. And we were talking [at] an academic talk, what are the top three reasons women don’t take their birth control? One of them was they didn’t have it in their hands.”
Dr. Yen calls Pandia the “endto-end solution for birth control.”
If someone already has an active birth-control prescription, they can send it to Pandia and get free delivery of birth-control medication. If they
this could be in your bathroom, at the library, at work, at home, or wherever I asked you the same questions I’d ask yo i yo ca e into y o ce.
Pandia will send reminders two months and one month before the prescription runs out.
“Set it, and forget it, never run out of birth control,” Yen says.
Pandia isn’t just a singular focus though. Along with the birth control, Pandia sends out mini sexual wellness packages with each order, featuring Hi-Chew candy, lube, condoms, and coupons for the Lioness, one of the most sophisticated vibrators out there.
Pandia also strives to educate t e asses on t e enefits o irt control aside from just controlling birth, including decreasing the cause of anemia caused by menstruation. Birth-control medication can also provide hormonal stability.
“Going up and down, and up and down every single month is actually not good for asthma, depression, arthritis, diabetes, and seizures,” Yen says. “And you could imagine why, because with diabetes and seizures, you want to have the same hormone level. But if your hormones are going up and down, up and down every month, do you make that uterine lining up and down, up and down, up and down? It’s not good for those diseases that need a stable hormonal level.”
Along with choosing the right birth control, anxiety over infertility caused by long-term use is still a fear for many, but Yen says that FDAapproved birth control does not cause long-term infertility. Yen also has a YouTube channel that helps answer questions about sexual health and birth control, and Pandia hosts Facebook livestreams at 8 p.m. on Tuesday nights, where viewers can ask questions and have direct conversations with Dr. Yen.
need a rescri tion t ey can fi o t a health form for $20, and a doctor will review it and write a prescription for free delivery. The medication is free with insurance, or $15 per pack without.
andia a so o ers a a year doctor service that allows customers to use their network of doctors for that at year y ee t o g it s not to e submitted for in-person appointments and check-ups with an OBGYN or a primary-care doctor.
“To use our telemedicine, all you do is pay us 20 bucks once a year, and then you have an entire year’s access to our expert physicians,” Yen says. “It’s asynchronous, so 24/7 from wherever you have the internet
To highlight the importance of a women-led, doctor-led telehealth institution, Pandia is named after the goddess of healing, light, and the full moon.
“We purposely chose it because we are about making women’s lives better,” Yen says. “We are about empowering women, women’s power. And I think it’s also fate. I made up the definition an is e ery dia is day.
Yen says she hopes Pandia will form relationships with patients that will last for a long time.
“We want to be your friend from yo r first eriod t ro g o t yo r entire lifetime,” Yen says.
More information is available at pandiahealth.com.
Pandia Health is a new service that will send you birth control medication in the mail.
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THE CICADAS
Brood X will soon emerge after 17 years underground. Here’s everything you need to know.
BY LEE DEVITO
University of Michigan professor emeritus Thomas Moore has been looking forward to this season for a long time — 17 years, to be precise.
That’s because this month, hordes of cicadas known as “Brood X” are expected to emerge at the end of their 17-year underground life cycle. Of the numerous broods of cicadas throughout the United States that emerge at periodic intervals, Brood X (named after the Roman numeral for 10) is among the largest, spanning from New York in the east and Illinois in the west, and as far south as Georgia and as far north as Southeastern Michigan. The insects make up the genus Magicicada, and are distinguishable by their black exoskeletons and red eyes. We last saw them in 2004.
As the temperature warms, the insects will crawl out o the ground first a ew and then eventuall billions — and climb up trees, where they’ll shed their nymph-stage exoskeleton, leaving it behind. Then, the males will begin their unmistakable cacophonous mating call by vibrating abdominal drums called timbals.
“It starts out small and it ends up small,” Moore says. But for several weeks, “They’re loud. And abundant,” he adds.
Moore says this will be his 48th or 49th cicada emergence he s witnessed. i erent t pes o cicadas have di erent li e c cles some have a ear c cle. It will also likely be his last. Moore is 91 years old this year, and can’t drive across the countryside like he used to in search of them. When he was younger and his hearing was better, he says he could tell the species
apart by their songs, and was even able to estimate the number of cicadas and what stage of their mating cycle they were in.
nderground the creatures start o the si e o ants, sucking juice from plant roots. They shed their exoskeleton four times before growing to about an inch in si e.
Moore says he has seen signs of some early bugs holes in the ground a out the si e o a finger and mounds of dirt called turrets. But the early emergers have probably been eaten by other animals, he says.
In fact, Moore says he’s tasted cicadas a few times during his many years of studying them.
“I’ve eaten them raw, I’ve eaten them fried. I think they’re better fried than raw,” he says. “It’s not one of my favorite foods. It’s just, everything else eats them, and figured that what the hec should tr them too.”
The mating season will last from two to three weeks or so. “They’re still feeding on plant juices, woody plants, like trees and shrubs, and mating, and laying eggs,” he says. The eggs are laid in tree branches. “The eggs hatch within a week, or two, or three, and the hatchlings fall to the ground and burrow in and stay there for 17 years eating on roots,” he says.
Then, the cycle repeats. The next generation of rood should emerge in .
oore sa s the insects unusual li ec cle o ers protection from predators. “It comes out in an unpredictable number of years, and longer than most other animals can wait or anticipate,” he says. “It works.”
ARE COMING
Moore says it takes patience to study such creatures. And “a good institution behind you, too,” he says, referring to U-M’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology. Moore’s work, along with former U-M biologist Richard Alexander, led to the publication of a 1962 monograph titled “The Evolutionary Relationships of 17-Year and 13-Year Cicadas, and Three New Species.”
t s still ind o the o cial documentation of what’s going on,” he says, humbly.
Moore says he’s hoping he’ll be able to see and hear Brood X this year from his Ann Arbor backyard.
‘It’s kind of catch-as-catch-can,” he says. “It’s nature, you know, and nature only does what nature wants to do.”
How you can watch Brood X Gene Kritsky, Ph.D., calls it a “generational event” for many residents in the area.
“For people who have been around awhile, they will remember what it was like 17 years ago or even farther back to when they were kids, and they’ll know what to expect,”
“For those who weren’t alive 17 years ago or who were too young at the time and can’t remember, they are in for
QUITE AN EXPERIENCE .”
says Kritsky, the dean of behavioral and natural sciences at Cincinnati’s Mount St. Joseph University. “For those who weren’t alive 17 years ago or who were too young at the time and can’t remember, they are in for quite an experience.”
A lot of media sources have a tendency to warn their audiences of an impending cicada emergence as if the insects were an invasive swarm of locusts, prompting people to anticipate an apocalyptic wave of buzzing madness sure to destroy the livelihood of their otherwise quiet communities. But this is wa o the mar .
“They are an integral component of the Eastern Deciduous Forest,” Kritsky says. “They’re not a keystone species … if the cicadas go extinct the whole forests won’t collapse, but they do provide a lot o enefits to the eastern orests. For example, when they emerge from the holes in the ground, those holes are like a natural aeration. So when it gets warmer in the summer and when it rains, instead of that rain sort of draining o the sur ace it actuall goes down those holes and waters the trees.”
And Kritsky says periodical cicadas are important to a region’s ecology. The insect lays its eggs in trees, which
prompts a “natural pruning” that increases the amount o owers and fruit in the following years. After their deaths, the cicadas’ bodies decay and contribute a substantial amount of nutrients to the soil.
“There was a paper published in the 1890s titled ‘How Out of Evil Cometh Good,’ and it was all about how cherry growers were having a bumper year because of the cicadas the year before,” Kritsky says.
But Kritsky isn’t just a researcher. He has developed an interactive way for cicadas to remain on scientists’ radar while also encouraging engagement from local citizens.
He created the Cicada Safari app in partnership with the Center for IT Engagement (CITE) at Mount St. Joseph University. The app allows users to search, photograph, record, and map cicadas in their area. Once a user su mits their findings scientists will then verify the cicada by studying the photograph or video. Following verification the cicada will e included in Mount St. Joseph University’s cicada map. (Make sure your location services
The cicadas in Brood X are distinguished by their black exoskeletons and red eyes. | JANETANDPHIL / FLICKR
are on before snapping a photo or video so the team can get an accurate latitude and longitude.)
“You go around and look for cicadas, and when ou find one at the ottom of the app, there’s a little button that you push to turn on your camera and you photograph the cicada,” Kritsky says. “My colleagues at CITE and myself, we look at every single photograph. And then if it’s accepted, it goes on the map.
“We ask our users, our scouts, when you hear cicadas calling in your area, to take a video for 10 seconds of the calls. Because from the calls, I can tell you what species are present.”
Kritsky claims this information will move scientific research orward determining the cicada distribution and population status across the region.
“As strange as it may sound, periodical cicada broods can go extinct,” he says.
An example, Kritsky says, are the cicadas from Brood XI, which emerged in enormous numbers for centuries prior to becoming extinct in 1954.
In addition to this tracking system eing a vital tool o scientific research the app is also an engaging way for members of the community to spend time outside during the warm summer months.
“We developed this app because so many people are fascinated by cicadas,” Kritsky says. “This is true citizen science.”
Using the public to gather information about cicadas isn’t just a new-age technology.
“The crowdsourcing of information to study cicadas goes back to the 1840s,” Kritsky says.
He tells of a researcher in the 19th century who would write newspaper columns to verify the location of 13year cicadas by asking people to submit sightings to him. “Not only did he ask for records to be sent to him, (but) he o ered to return their stamps Kritsky says.
In the 1890s, the United States Department of Agriculture began sending postcards to school superintendents, railroad conductors, and mail carriers requesting that they report cicada sightings. And, before his app, Kritsky himself set up a hotline when Brood X emerged in 1987.
“I had an answering machine with a hotline number that people could call when Brood X emerged, and it broke the machine in the first hour. t literally jammed,” he says. “And then when Brood X came out in 2004, I had a website asking people to send me emails. I was getting an email a minute — one day I had 600 emails.”
So why are people so fascinated with these insects?
“They’re bugs of history,” Kritsky says. “In ’87, I had a woman call the answering machine and I ended up talking with her. She remembered distinctly in 1936, a cicada landing on her rother s nose that she noc ed o with a baseball bat and broke his nose. Seventeen years later, 1953, she’s married and she’s got a daughter who’s 3 or 4 and she was out with her daughter looking at the cicadas and telling that story. (In) 1970, with her grandkids — it’s the story being retold every 17 years.”
Locals who want to join the safari trip can download the free app from the Apple app store or Google Play. Folks can also learn more about cicadas through fact sheets, maps, and activities by visiting cicadasafari.org.
Zummo, Rachel Smith, and
Sean
M. Peters contributed to this report.
CICADA BASICS Learn the basics about Brood X
What is a cicada?
According to Merriam-Webster, they are “any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation.” Basically, they’re those loud black insects with transparent orange wings and red eyeballs that pop out of the ground every 17 years.
Cicadas emerge as little teenagers (nymphs), shed their exoskeletons (the creepy brown cicada-shaped shells you see on plants and in the dirt), and then eat, mate, and lay eggs in trees. Once the eggs hatch, they fall to the ground and the baby cicadas bury themselves in the earth to feed on roots until they emerge from the depths in 17 years and
do it all over again.
When will they be here?
Cicadas start to burrow out of the ground when “the soil 8 inches beneath the ground reaches 64 degrees Fahrenheit,” says cicadamania.com. That means May and June, most likely, depending on the weather.
What do they eat?
Cicadas don’t actually eat. They suck up juice, aka xylem, from plants (remember phloem and xylem from biology class?), which is where the nutrients are.
Do cicadas bite?
Cicadas aren’t dangerous to humans, but they are loud and annoying. Pest control company Orkin says, “Adult cicadas do not
bite humans unless they are allowed to remain on someone long enough to mistake a part of the human body for a part of a plant.” So avoid mimicking a plant while the cicadas are here.
Why are they so loud?
That blaring chirping motor sound they make? That’s the males’ song. Male cicadas vibrate their “timbals” — little membranes — to attract mates, but they also hum when they’re afraid, establishing territory or when they’ve found a girlfriend. Multiple males will sing all at once in a “chorus” to attract more females.
Can you deter them?
You cannot stop cicadas from emerging. They are inevitable.
Maija
The cicadas in Brood X will leave behind mud tunnels (above) and nymphal exoskeletons (below) as they emerge from the underground. | SHUTTERSTOCK
CULTURE
Something sweet Detroit artist Iggy Sumnik earns a reputation for his ceramic ‘Jellybeans’
By Oona Friedland
Great artists are often associated with a piece, performance, or character they can’t escape, whether they’re glad to be known for it or not. Take Jun Kaneko and his ceramic “Dongos,” or Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” When it comes to being pigeonholed, most notably, the cast of Seinfeld describes what they’ve dubbed “The Seinfeld Curse” the superstition that their inability to be cast in a successful show post- Seinfeld was due to having appeared on Seinfeld to begin with. After a successful nine-season sitcom, one would assume the success and critical acclaim of Seinfeld would’ve guaranteed the show’s stars long, fruitful careers in acting. Most found trouble breaking out of their respective character’s roles, long after the show’s production. When Julia LouisDreyfus eventually won an Emmy for her role in The New Adventures of Old Christine , she excitedly held the award and exclaimed, “I’m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this , baby!
This brings us to a local artist who in recent years has been applauded for his key-
stone work Iggy Sumnik, and his ceramic “Jellybean.”
ter aking is first e y ean in the Jellybean is now Sumnik’s “associated act.” Prior to the Jellybean’s creation, Sumnik had a long-established career in ceramics, maintaining a solo studio practice and teaching ceramics in Detroit.
Looking at Sumnik’s body of work, one could observe that at the time the Jellybean was created, Sumnik’s aesthetic did a 180 into what it is today.
“Jellybeans were originally developed a number of years ago to add spots of color, texture, and pattern to a botanical garden’s art installation,” Sumnik says. “They worked pretty well, and people were so intrigued by them that they became part of the garden’s permanent collection.”
Because he attended Wayne State University and lived and worked in Detroit pre-nouveau “renaissance,” Sumnik’s work re ected t e ind stria en iron ent e imersed himself in.
But then his work took a distinct shift.
“I shifted from contextual, cultural commentary to a more style, color, and pattern focus,” Sumnik says.
The 3-D ceramic Jellybean sculptures invite viewers to step into a whimsical, dreamlike space. Jellybeans immediately elevate any given space through their playful and enticing aesthetic, bringing uplifting and positive energy where it’s most needed.
Calling the Jellybean the “bread and butter” of his ceramics practice, Sumnik recognizes the fact that it’s now embedded in his namesake although it wasn’t intended to be at its inception.
en I ade t e first e y ean I intended it to be on the ground at a botanical garden,” he says. “It was when I began to hang them in my studio that I saw their versatility. I saw the potential for growth with the Jellybean as a dimensional canvas. I had no idea it would become an iconic piece of my craft.”
When asked how the ceramic Jellybean has evolved over the last few years, Sumnik says, “I’ve learned what doesn’t work and to stay
After making his first Jellybean in 2009, the Jellybean is now artist Iggy Sumnik’s “associated act.”
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away from those designs, colors, and concepts. The designs that do work are recycled and reimagined, while I think about why one design is more successful than another.”
Sumnik adds, “When I began to make Jellybeans, I treated the surface in an impromptu fashion. Now, much more thought goes into their designs. Currently, they’re envisioned through a sketch well before I transfer them to the pieces themselves. The pieces have gotten better and better, but the best is yet to come.”
Though the Jellybean was originally created to be embedded in the oor o a garden nik says t ey e wo nd in di erent aces o er t e last 10 years.
“The coolest place I’ve seen a Jellybean was in the wine cellar of a highend restaurant,” he says. “A collection of nine or 12 Jellybeans I installed and hung in a grid pattern at someone’s home was impressive, as well.”
In discussing various places Jellybeans have lived, been installed, and shown, Sumnik mentions that his Jellybeans have fallen victim to “artnapping” the act of stealing art from a residence or gallery.
“At a house in California where a collection of Jellybeans were installed, a guy broke in and got away with three of them at least,” Sumnik says. “He was caught on their security
camera and took multiple trips to load them in his van.”
He adds, “I felt upset for my client, but at the same time, I was complimented that my work was worth value and e ort to stea .
Sumnik acknowledges that most of his Jellybean sales come from commissions. Art collectors will order Jellybeans for their spaces, hoping to bring color and joy to their homes.
“The Jellybean pays homage to my roots nik says. It s easy to find a place on your wall for the sculpture. It’s a dramatic and welcome change to two-dimensional wall art.”
Bringing it back to the Seinfeld Curse, and the Jellybean being Sumnik’s “associated act,” we ask him if he has plans for another great work to take the place of the Jellybean.
“There’s so much room for development,” he says, “but the real question is do I have the time? The orders don’t slow down, and now I’m starting to ship them internationally.”
His Jellybeans have a $550 retail price.
“The price point is friendly for now,” he says.
Iggy Sumnik’s custom “Jellybean” shop will be open this weekend. More information is available at artbyiggy. bigcartel.com.
CULTURE
: Q You’ve said that everyone is entitled to a “zone of erotic autonomy.” was wondering if you thought that “zone” extends to sending thousands of dollars to a “FinDom.” I’m a 33-year-old straight woman, and love my husband and we have a great (or so thought) sex life. He’s very dominant and controlling in bed and I’m very submissive, and thought we were well-matched sexually. So it was a shock for more than one reason when stumbled over evidence that he’s been sending money to a female sex worker who calls herself a FinDom. This has been going on for nearly three years! It seems clear from their messages (I have read them all) that they’ve never met in person (she clearly states that she never meets in person with her subs), but she sends him degrading personalized videos after he sends her money roughly once every other month. The amounts are small but they add up. We are more than comfortable, so the issue isn’t the money. And while my husband has never complained about what spend on a personal trainer or my hair or body treatments (admittedly a lot), this is obviously different because he’s masturbating over these videos. don’t really want to degrade him, and obviously couldn’t dominate him financially as our finances are shared. My husband says he doesn’t want to be degraded by me, but he was nevertheless willing to pay a complete stranger to heap insults on him?!? don’t understand. thought we had a great sexual connection. also thought knew who he was erotically. I’m confused, and don’t know what to do.
—Feeling Insecure Necessarily, Doubts About Marriage Now
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By Dan Savage
ter — except the fact that I’m deadly insecure. He’s got tons of friends, he’s extremely attractive, and sexually he’s perfect. He’s a top who knows how to use his big dick, and he has infinite endurance. I’m the opposite of all that: have a few friends, I’m an average/ugly guy with an average/small dick, it’s not easy for me to get a solid erection, and it takes me just a couple of minutes to come. keep comparing myself to him: He’s perfect and he can fuck anyone, and I’m ugly and sexually inept compared to him. These feelings are killing me.
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CULTURE Free Will Astrology
ARIES: March 21 – April 19
Created by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century, the Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most famous paintings. It’s hanging in the Louvre museum in Paris. In that same museum is a less renowned version of the Mona Lisa. It depicts the same woman, but she’s unclothed. Made by da Vinci’s student, it was probably inspired by a now-lost nude Mona Lisa painted by the master himself. Renaissance artists commonly created “heavenly” and “vulgar” versions of the same subject. I suggest that in the coming weeks you opt for the “vulgar” Mona Lisa, not the “heavenly” one, as your metaphor of power. Favor what’s earthy, raw, and unadorned over what’s spectacular, idealized, and polished.
TAURUS: April 20 – May 20
Taurus poet Vera Pavlova writes, “Why is the word yes so brief? It should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it so t at on re ection yo could stop in the middle of saying it.” I suppose it makes sense for her to express such an attitude, given the fact that she never had a happy experi-
ence until she was 20 years old, and that furthermore, this happiness was “unbearable.” (She confessed these sad truths in an interview.) But I hope you won’t adopt her hard-edged skepticism toward YES anytime soon, Taurus. In my view, it’s time for you to become a connoisseur of YES, a brave explorer of the bright mysteries of YES, an exuberant perpetrator of YES.
GEMINI: May 21 – June 20
In indigenous cultures from West Africa to Finland to China, folklore describes foxes as crafty tricksters with magical powers. Sometimes they’re thought of as perpetrators of pranks, but more often they are considered helpful messengers or intelligent allies. I propose that you regard the fox as your spirit creature for the foreseeable future. I think you wi enefit ro t e in ence o yo r inner fox the wild part of you that is ingenious, cunning, and resourceful.
CANCER: June 21 – July 22
“The universe conspires in your favor,” writes author Neale Donald Walsch. “It consistently places before you the right and perfect people, circumstances, and situations with which to answer life’s only question: ‘Who are you?’” In my book Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, I say much the same thing, although I mention two further questions that life regularly asks:
(1) What can you do next to liberate yo rse ro so e o yo r s ering
(2) What can you do next to reduce t e s ering o ot ers e en y a itt e As you enter a phase when you’ll get ample cosmic help in diminishing s ering and defining w o yo are I hope you meditate on these questions every day.
LEO: July 23 – August 22
The poet Anne Sexton wrote a letter to a Benedictine monk whose real identity she kept secret from the rest of us. She told him, “There are a few great souls in my life. They are not many. They are few. You are one.” In this spirit, Leo, and in accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to take an inventory of the great souls in your life: the people you admire and respect and learn from and feel grateful for; people with high integrity and noble intentions; people who are generous with their precious gifts. When you’ve compiled your list, I encourage you to do as Sexton did: express your appreciation; perhaps even send no-stringsattached gifts. Doing these things will a e a ro o nd y ea ing e ect on you.
VIRGO: August 23 – Sept. 22
“It’s a temptation for any intelligent person to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self,” writes author Donna Tartt. “But that is a mistake. Because it is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational.” I’m sending this message out to you, Virgo, because in the coming weeks it will be crucial for you to honor the parts of your life that can’t be managed through rational thought alone. I suggest you have sacred fun as you exult in the mysterious, welcome the numinous, explore the wildness within you, unrepress big feelings you’ve buried, and marvel adoringly about your deepest yearnings.
LIBRA: Sept. 23 – Oct. 22
Science writer Sharman Apt Russell provides counsel that I think you should consider adopting in the coming days. The psychospiritual healing you require probably won’t be available through the normal means, so some version of her proposal may be useful: “We may need to be cured y owers. e ay need to stri naked and let the petals fall on our shoulders, down our bellies, against our thighs. We may need to lie naked in fie ds o wi d owers. e ay need to walk naked through beauty. We may need to walk naked through color. We may need to walk naked through scent.”
SCORPIO: Oct. 23 – Nov. 21
As Scorpio author Margaret Atwood reminds us, “Water is not a solid wall; it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, being like water will be an excellent strategy for you to embrace during the coming weeks. “Water is patient,” Atwood continues. “Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 22 – Dec.
21
In a letter to a friend in 1856, Sagittarian poet Emily Dickinson confessed she was feeling discombobulated because of a recent move to a new home. She hoped she would soon regain her bearings. “I am out with lanterns, looking for myself,” she quipped, adding that she couldn’t help laughing at her disorientation. She signed the letter “From your mad Emilie,” intentionally misspelling her own
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name. I’d love it if you approached your current doubt and uncertainty with a similar light-heartedness and poise. (P.S., Soon after writing this letter, Dickinson began her career as a poet in earnest, reading extensively and finis ing an a erage o one oe every day for many years.)
CAPRICORN: Dec. 22 – Jan. 19
Now is a favorable time to celebrate both life’s changeableness and your own. The way we are all constantly called on to adjust to unceasing transformations can sometimes be a wearying chore, but I suspect it could be at least interesting and possibly even exhilarating for you in the coming weeks. For inspiration, study this message from the “Welcome to Night Vale” podcast: “You are never the same twice, and much of your unhappiness comes from trying to pretend that you are. Accept that yo are di erent eac day and do so joyfully, recognizing it for the gift it is. Work within the desires and goals of the person you are currently, until you aren’t that person anymore.”
AQUARIUS: Jan. 20 – Feb. 18
Aquarian author Toni Morrison described two varieties of one iness. e first is a one iness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up; holding, holding on, this motion smooths and contains the rocker.” The second “is a loneliness that roams. No rocking can hold it down. It is alive, on its own.” Neither kind is better or worse, of course, and both are sometimes necessary as a strategy for selfrenewal as a means for deepening and fine t ning one s re ations i with oneself. I recommend either or both for you in the coming weeks.
PISCES: Feb.19 – March 20
England’s Prince Charles requires his valet to iron his shoelaces and put toothpaste on his toothbrush and wash all of his clothes by hand. I could conceivably interpret the current astrological omens to mean that you should pursue similar behavior in the coming weeks. I could, but I won’t. Instead, I will suggest that you solicit help about truly important matters, not meaningless trivia like shoelace ironing. For example, I urge you to ask for the support you need as you build bridges, seek harmony, and make interesting connections.
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